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Rosiness

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ros·y  (rz)
adj. ros·i·er, ros·i·est
1.
a. Having the characteristic pink or red color of a rose.
b. Flushed with a healthy glow: rosy cheeks.
2. Consisting of, decorated with, or suggestive of a rose or roses.
3. Bright or cheerful; optimistic: rosy predictions.
rosi·ly adv.
rosi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Rosinessrosiness - a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
blush, flush, bloom
good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
2.rosiness - a healthy reddish complexion
ruddiness
complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
3.Rosinessrosiness - a dusty pink color                  
rose
pink - a light shade of red
old rose - a greyish-pink color


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She then became conscious that he was observing her; but she would not show it by any change of position, though the curious dream-like fixity disappeared, and a close eye might easily have discerned that the rosiness of her face deepened, and then faded till only a tinge of it was left.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Lena Lingard came across the stubble barefoot, in a short skirt, with a curved reaping-hook in her hand, and she was flushed like the dawn, with a kind of luminous rosiness all about her.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Into this dimly-lit and dim-featured group May Archer floated like a swan with the sunset on her: she seemed larger, fairer, more voluminously rustling than her husband had ever seen her; and he perceived that the rosiness and rustlingness were the tokens of an extreme and infantile shyness.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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